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warrant, the body of a deer was found on a farm. The owner of the farm said he 

 had a license but could not find it at the time the constable miade the search. It 

 was afterwards produced, and was issued by one of the party who had been deer- 

 shooting with the killer of the deer. This man, it appears, has the issuing of 

 licenses at one point in Warden Burt's district and he has very grave suspicions 

 that the deer was killed without a license, and that the license was afterwards 

 purchased. 



The other respect in which he thinks the Act should be amended is by striking 

 out of Section 63, Chapter 69, Act of 1913, that part of the section which provides 

 that no person shall be compelled to go more than ten miles before a magistrate. 

 From long experience and endeavoring to enforce the game laws, he finds that 

 it is impossible to find a magistrate living in the vicinity of shooting grounds who 

 does not sympathize with the offenders. The consequence is that unless he takes a 

 magistrate from outside the ten-mile radius to try the case, he can only secure a 

 nominal fine in each case, and as the law-breaker often secures $30.00 to $40.00 

 worth of game in a day, a fine of $5.00 and costs has no effect in deterring him or 

 others from again breaking the law. It appears to him that this provision in the 

 game law is totally wrong on principle. In effect, it amounts to saying to the 

 public that an infraction of the game law is such a trivial matter that an offender 

 cannot be taken more than ten miles from his residence or where the offence is 

 committed, while the case of a most petty assault may be taken anywhere within 

 the jurisdiction of the magistrates in the County in which the offence is committed. 



Warden Y. Chauvin, of Windsor, reports, that he has visited all the fishermen 

 in his district during the season and found that they made good catches of fish in 

 the spring and up to the time of writing, with the exception of white fish, which 

 have been very poor and the catches very small on Lake Erie and Detroit Eiver. 



There should be a limit put on the size of perch, white bass and blue pickerel 

 caught; they should be not less than ten inches in length. 



Sturgeon were plentiful in Lake St. Clair. There should also be a regulation 

 made regarding the size of these fish as they are now being caught as small as 

 two pounds. 



Anglers were satisfied with the bass angling in St. Clair Flats, Mitchell Bay 

 and other places. 



The law was very well observed by the fishermen throughout the district. 



With regard to game, quail have been reported to be very plentiful by the 

 farmers, and woodcock were plentiful early in the season, but very few have been 

 killed. Partridges are about the same as other years, they are not increasing. 

 Hungarian partridges are doing well, the licamington farmers say that they have 

 seen a great many young ones during the summer. English pheasants are about 

 the same as other years. 



Black and grey squirrels are scarce in Essex Comity; otherwise there is no 

 change, they are plentiful east of this County, 



Muskrats are doing well this fall, there are plenty of houses being built in the 

 marshes. 



Wild geese are not very plentiful at present though they were more numerous 

 ill the spring. 



The Mallard duck black and grey are very numerous in the Detroit River and 

 marshes round Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair. River ducks are more plentiful this 

 year than other year?. Snipe are rather scarce. 



